“Nothing But the Blues: The Watercolor Portraits of Laurie Goldstein-Warren”

  • Ongoing: until Tuesday, May 31, 2011
  • Tuesday: 9:00am
  • Wednesday: 9:00am
  • Thursday: 9:00am
  • Friday: 9:00am
  • Saturday: 9:00am
  • Where: Delta Cultural Center, Helena-West Helena
  • Cost: Not available
  • Age limit: Not available
Watercolorist concentrates on blues HELENA-WEST HELENA – The blues-themed artwork of an acclaimed West Virginia watercolorist is spotlighted in a new exhibition at the Delta Cultural Center. “Nothing But the Blues: The Watercolor Portraits of Laurie Goldstein-Warren” focuses on Goldstein-Warren’s colorful portraiture of several of blues music’s most prominent figures, including B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Taj Mahal, and Mojo Buford. Works in the exhibit also portray sidemen, street musicians, and more. Several pieces convey Goldstein-Warren’s impressions from Helena’s 25th Annual King Biscuit Blues Festival, which she attended in October 2010. Goldstein-Warren, a native of upstate New York, began broadening her lifetime of involvement in art to include watercolors and oils following a move to central West Virginia several years ago. Her work has since been exhibited in numerous national and international shows. In 2008, her painting “Hunter’s Eyes” led to her selection as one of the top 100 painters in Paint America’s “Paint the Parks” national artist competition. Goldstein-Warren is a signature member of the West Virginia Watercolor Society, Baltimore Watercolor Society, and the Texas Watercolor Society, as well as a member of the National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society. “Nothing But the Blues: The Watercolor Portraits of Laurie Goldstein-Warren” continues at the DCC through Tuesday, May 31. Gallery hours at the DCC Visitors Center at 141 Cherry Street and the nearby DCC Depot at 95 Missouri Street are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. “King Biscuit Time,” the nation’s longest-running blues radio program, is hosted each weekday at the DCC Visitor’s Center by “Sunshine” Sonny Payne, from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. “Delta Sounds,” hosted by DCC Assistant Director Terry Buckalew and Payne, is broadcast each Friday at 1 to 1:30 p.m. For more information, call the Delta Cultural Center at (870) 338-4350 or toll free at (800) 358-0972, visit the DCC online at www.deltaculturalcenter.com, or email info@deltaculturalcenter.com. The Delta Cultural Center shares the vision of all seven agencies of the Department of Arkansas Heritage – to preserve and promote Arkansas heritage as a source of pride and satisfaction. Other agencies within the department are the Historic Arkansas Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the Arkansas Arts Council, and the Natural Heritage Commission.

This event was posted Feb. 6, 2011 and last updated Feb. 8, 2011